One of the most exciting parts of college is being able to cheer on your school at major events, and there is nothing like being a Stanford fan at the annual Stanford-Cal football game!!! This year was the 113th Annual Big Game and my dormmates and I all trekked to UC Berkeley to support our amazing team. We had SUCH a good time watching Stanford beat (destroy, really) Cal, 48-14! The Cal-Stanford rivalry is really intense, so we already wanted (needed) to win, but since we had lostthe Axe last year we also really needed to win it back, which made our victory even sweeter (the Axe is the trophy awarded to the winner of big game each year). As far as football goes, the game really could not have gone much better. Andrew Luck, our quarterback, was a beast as usual, making insane passes and rushing a ton, and he definitely showed Berkeley why people are calling him the best quarterback in college football. Our band was also amazing as usual, dressing in all sorts of different Cardinal red outfits like deadmau5 hats and Elmos. After the game, we rushed the field and it was the perfect ending to the perfect game.

After Big Game, we all went back to Stanford to celebrate. I woke up extremely early the next morning to catch a flight home forThanksgiving break. So, now I'm home, lying in my bed for the first time in months and it is SO nice to be back. But as excited as I am to see my family and my high school friends, I can already tell I'm going to miss my Stanford friends. Seems weird, since I've known them for so much less time than all of the people I'll be spending my break with, but at the same time, it's awesome that we're all so close already. I'm so happy to be on break, but I'll be so happy to go back to school in a week!

I hope you all have a fun, relaxing, family-filled, friend-filled and turkey-filled holiday weekend!!